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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 52 — Salmon and Steelhead Conservation and Enhancement

§ 3332. State program for reduction of overall fishing capacity

Statutory text

The State shall submit to the Secretary a program within three months of , designed to—

(1)

provide incentives for early retirement of licenses, or early sale of vessels;

(2)

set aside specific allocations of funds for each gear type to achieve the specific fleet reductions provided for in the program;

(3)

obtain an effective and expeditious reduction in the overall fishing capacity of and the number of vessels and licenses in the non-Indian commercial and charter salmon fishing fleets in the Washington conservation area; and

(4)

provide State funding for 25 per centum of the total cost of the program.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Salmon and Steelhead Conservation and Enhancement Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–561 title I § 131 · 94 Stat. 3275

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 3332

    (Pub. L. 96–561, title I, § 131, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3284.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–561, title I, § 131, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3284.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 131. STANDARDS. The State shall submit to the Secretary a program within three months of the date of enactment of this title designed to— (1) provide incentives for early retirement of licenses, or early sale of vessels; (2) set aside specific allocations of funds for each gear type to achieve the specific fleet reductions provided for in the program; (3) obtain an effective and expeditious reduction in the overall Fishing capacity of and the number of vessels and licenses in the non-Indian commercial and charter salmon fishing fleets in the Washington conservation area; and (4) provide State funding for 25 per centum of the total cost of the program.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–561, title I, § 131, , 94 Stat. 3284.)

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